Habit 8 - Find Your Voice

These are books in which you will find examples of Habit #8, Find your Voice.


*Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix

• In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.

*Dog Breath: The Horrible Trouble with Hally Tosis by Dav Pilkey

• Hally, the Tosis family dog, has such bad breath that Mr. and Mrs. Tosis plan to give her away, until she proves to be an invaluable watchdog.

Get Busy, Beaver! by Carolyn Crimi

• Thelonious isn't like the other beavers. He's a little different. While Ma, Pa, and Babs Beaver hurry, hurry, hurry to make their dam bigger, bigger, bigger, Thelonious is busy with a project of his own -- a creation so beautiful that it changes everything.

*Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester

• All his classmates make fun of Rodney because he cannot pronounce his name, but it is Rodney's speech impediment that drives away the class bully.

*Otis by Loren Long

• When a big new yellow tractor arrives, Otis the friendly little tractor is cast away behind the barn, but when trouble occurs Otis is the only one who can help.

*Rock 'n' Roll Mole by Carolyn Crimi

• Mole has a "rock-and-roll soul" and the groupies to prove it, but when his friend Pig organizes a talent show, Mole's stage fright may prevent him from performing. Can Mole be brave enough to step up and "find his voice"?